Shipping-barrel.



F. O; SCHMITZ.

SHIPPING BARREL,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1910.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

FRANK C. SCHMITZ, 0F FLATBUSH, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING-BARREL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Application filed July 6, 1910. Serial No. 570,654.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. SOHMITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flatbush, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to an improved shipping barrel, the construction and advantages of which will be hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the structure, the heads (or head and bottom), which are alike in form, being shown as detached from the body; Fig. 2 an enlarged vertical sectional view of a portion of the barrel, the heads being shown in place; Fig. 3 a perspective view of a section of the barrelhead; Fig. 4 a perspective view of one of the spring clips employed to lock the heads in place; and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 detail views illustrating a special means of fastening or securing the contiguous edges of the body of the barrel in place.

The object of the present invention is to produce a light, durable and yet at the same time substantially moisture-proof receptacle, the body being formed from a sheet of waterproof paper board, while the heads are of metal and are automatically locked in place on the barrel when once they are fully positioned. The board or stock from which it is proposed to form the body is tough and hard and yet retains sufficient flexibility to permit it to be carried around a shape to bring it to cylindrical form. Such body or stock may besaid to comprise a plurality of superimposed sheets, each sheet being specially treated to render it hard and yet flexible, the sheets so treated being then coated with a suitable adhesive, after which the various sheets are pressed together, producing in effect one homogeneous board which has the qualities above specified.

In the drawings (Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive) 1 denotes the barrel body, produced from the stock just specified, the edges being overlapped (Fig. 1) and secured together by staples 2, thus producing a cylindrical body.

' Secured to the body adjacent to each end thereof is a series of sprlng clips or retainers, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 4, and may be sald to comprise a V-shaped I strip of spring metal, in one member 3 whereof is formed a series of openings 4: for attachment of the clip to the body. The other member 5 of the clip inclines outwardly and extends in the direction of the center of the barrel.

The heads are alike in form, being produced from a single sheet. of metal and so constructed as to make a relatively tight fit with the inner face of the barrel and also to come into locking engagement with the spring clipsv just mentioned. Each head has a central depressed section 6, the diameter of which is equal to if not slightly greater than the interior diameter. of the body. Extending at substantially right angles from the vertically-disposed wall 7 of the depressed portion is a member 8, and projecting vertically therefrom is a sleeve or skirt 9, the lower edge or section whereof 'is contracted, forming a collar. 10 and an intermediate locking shoulder or abutment 11. The head may be said to comprise a depressed or stopper portion, surrounded by a skirt which, with the stopper portion, forms a pocket for the reception of the barrel end, and also a housing for the looking clips with which it coacts.

As will be readily appreciated, the heads are positioned and locked in place by simply forcing the same inward, the collars 10 passing over and pressing inwardly the free members 5 of the clips until such time as the shoulders 11 shall pass slightly beyond the ends of members 5, when they will snap outwardly and engage the locking shoulders 11, as shown in Fig. 2. The heads are thus 'securelylocked in place, and by reason of the close contact between the heads and the wall of the body the package is to all intents Waterproof. The locking clips, as will be noted, are all housed and it is impossible to gain access to the package without distorting or destroying the cover. The package thus produced is light and strong and is especially adapted for the transportation of merchandise which by reason of its character must be protected from atmospheric influences, such as crackers, candies and the like.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 a modified method of fastening the edges of the'body together is disclosed. Adjacent to each of the edges, as 12 and 13, there is secured a metal strip 14 and 15, respectively, and the free ends of these strips are brought into locking engagement with each other and then flattened down against the body, as in Fig. (3, which invention,

' around the outer face of the body, adjacent one end thereof by the attachment of one arm of the clip to the body; and a head having a central stopper section adapted to make a close fitwith the interior face of the cylindrical body, said head likewise having a skirt carried by and spaced away from the head and adapted to pass down around the outside of the barrel, the skirt being formed with an inwardly-projecting shoulder adjacent its lower end adapted to interlock with the free arms of the clips when the head is forced home. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK G. SCHMITZ. \Vit-nesses WILLIAM G. MOKNIGHT, It. I. MIDDLETON. 

